Well the rest of this week wasn't too exciting. Not as exciting as Christmas at least. On Friday we had another lesson with Michael. He is our top investigator right now. The lesson on friday was about the plan of salvation. It actually didn't go that well. It didn't really have any flow and the Spirit wasn't really there but then Michael asked a really good question. We had said that he could be with his whole family again. The Bishop shared his testimony of the plan of salvation and how he felt when the missionaries taught him about the plan of salvation. The bishop shared that his grandmother, who had brought him up, had passed away. Michael then asked the bishop how his family could be together if his grandmother had not been baptised. That was a cool experience to talk a little but more about temples and baptisms for the dead. We had another lesson with Michael on Saturday night. This lesson was really good. We had gone up to Mt. Bruce with the Bishop to talk to the recent convert there but he ended up being busy. On the way back we started talking about Michael and I thought we really needed to share about the gift of the Holy Ghost. We decided to stop at his house and to see if he was there. When we knocked on the door, he had the Book of Mormon in his hand, he was reading it! That was really cool. We began the lesson and started talking about the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. I had the thought in my mind that we should set a date with him to be baptised but I pushed the thought out of my mind. Then a minute or two later the bishop started talking about it! Then I jumped in with it too! I knew then that the Spirit had prompted me to talk about setting a date. When we were talking about the possibility of Michael getting baptised, he just broke down in tears of joy! He is always expressing how blessed he feels that he has met us. He told us that he would tell us today if he was ready to be baptised. It was really really exciting! The bishop told Michael he thought that he should be baptised this week! So we left that lesson feeling very good. Then he came to church with us the next morning. Us and the sisters spoke and the sisters did a really really good job! And they talked about the gift of the Holy Ghost. Pretty neat. We then had a lesson with him later on Sunday night. Just us this time though. We were really bold with him and asked him what he thought of baptism. He told us that he wasn't ready yet. It was pretty disappointing but mostly just because of how happy and excited we were the previous night. We are hoping that even if one of us leaves in the next transfer, which is in two weeks, he will still be baptised by other missionaries. We just have to be patient. he is just a little reserved about leaving his Catholic faith. Which is understandable because he is 29 and has been going all his life. But yeah that is just about the most exciting stuff that has happened this week. I made tacos today for lunch which is why I am emailing a little later. They were real good! And Elder Christensen loved them too! I got a letter from Grandma and Grandpa B so I am thinking I need to write them back as soon as possible. I will send a couple of pictures of Christmas food and stuff., Hope you are all having a great week! Happy New Years!!!!!!!
Love,
Love,
Elder Burnham
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